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2.5 Million Young Americans Have New Health Insurance Coverage

2.5 Million Young Americans Have New Health Insurance Coverage
About 2.5 million young people have received health insurance coverage as a result of health care reform measures that President Barack Obama signed into law last year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Wednesday.

About 2.5 million young people have received health insurance coverage as a result of health care reform measures that President Barack Obama signed into law last year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Wednesday.

About 2.5 million more people, aged 19 to 25, have health insurance than had it before the law took effect because of a provision that lets young adults remain on their parents' insurance plans through age 26.

Parents, or their kids, are paying for the new coverage after the new law forced insurance companies to offer the option to existing family policies.

(READ the full story at CNN)

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